@deadsuperhero I was happy to read your piece. But my first question: are you happy with the growth curve here?
Top-level
John Gruber
@deadsuperhero I was happy to read your piece. But my first question: are you happy with the growth curve here? 4 comments
Chris Trottier
@deadsuperhero@social.treehouse.systems I like your response to Gruber!
Oblomov
@deadsuperhero @gruber in fact, my understanding is that one of the reasons why Tumblr hasn't tried to federate yet it's that they don't *want* to overwhelm the network —and that's for a platform that could present each blog as a different instance, thus making it much more manageable from “this” side. |
@gruber I'll be the first to admit two things:
1. Yeesh, that's a lot.
2. Hell yeah, the network is growing!
With each subsequent wave of users migrating over, the network grows bigger, and at a faster rate. It's a challenge for us - at times, servers will struggle from the increased user loads as people scramble to upgrade their infrastructure. A lot of people end up launching new servers entirely, enduring a first-hand crash course in how to be an admin.
I'd be lying if I said it was smooth sailing. Of course it isn't. For some, it's a trial by fire, where they have to figure out how best to interact with the rest of the space.
Anyway, this is getting a bit long-winded. TL;DR - Yes, I'm more than okay with the network growing. But not when it is by an actor that doesn't respect the social contract, and is only here to extract value from it.
@gruber I'll be the first to admit two things:
1. Yeesh, that's a lot.
2. Hell yeah, the network is growing!
With each subsequent wave of users migrating over, the network grows bigger, and at a faster rate. It's a challenge for us - at times, servers will struggle from the increased user loads as people scramble to upgrade their infrastructure. A lot of people end up launching new servers entirely, enduring a first-hand crash course in how to be an admin.